Savage Kingdom (2016–2019): Season 4, Episode 6 - The Crown - full transcript
As drought turns Mombo to dust, leopard Phefo must travel for food, but with their mother gone, the cubs are trapped by merciless killers. Rebels no more, Thata's boys are eager to learn, but a confrontation with the hyena army tests them. Wame leads her dog pack in search of the northern floodplains. This great north is in lioness Tsebe's sights now, but is she strong enough to take the throne?
♪
[hissing]
[growling]
Phefo'’s cubs sharpen
their survival skills...
♪
...relishing freedom
while their mother hunts
away from home.
♪
But freedom has its risks.
[barking]
♪
Baboons.
Merciless killers.
[barking]
[barking]
The boy races for cover.
His sister takes
a different route.
[barking]
Not a good move.
[barking]
Baboons climb trees, too.
♪
[screeching]
You'’re on your own.
♪
Phefo is well beyond earshot.
[grunting]
[grunting]
Forced by the drought
to travel further and further
in search of food for her cubs.
♪
[bird screeching]
♪
Another hunter has eaten well.
♪
♪
[bird screeching]
♪
It'’s only skin and bone.
Anxious not to be
away too long,
Phefo begins
the long journey home.
♪
She senses danger.
[cub screeching]
Her daughter.
[cub screeching]
[cub screeching]
♪
Trapped, the cub
can only climb higher.
♪
[barks]
[screeching]
♪
[growling]
Phefo'’s mind races.
Outnumbered, outmaneuvered,
out of luck.
[barking]
♪
♪
♪
[screeching]
[baboons barking]
♪
♪
[baboon barking]
The baboons are finally
done with the cub.
♪
♪
Is she injured?
Is she even alive?
♪
[grunt]
The Savage Kingdom
deserves its name.
[grunt]
But today is an exception.
♪
♪
Scared, but unscathed.
♪
Nothing a mother'’s love
cannot soothe.
♪
But there'’s still
no sign of her son.
♪
[growl]
♪
[growl]
♪
Silence.
♪
[cub growling]
♪
It'’s him.
♪
♪
[hissing]
♪
Until the rains come
and bring prey closer,
your cubs will never
be safe Phefo.
♪
[low growl]
♪
[elephant grumbles]
♪
♪
Time heals all wounds.
♪
As the land turns to dust,
Thata and her sister
teach the teenagers to hunt...
with a special respect
for what a warthog can do.
♪
Rebels no more, the boys
study the sister'’s every move.
♪
♪
♪
♪
Stealth.
♪
♪
Patience.
♪
♪
The attack.
[warthog squealing]
[squealing]
[squealing]
♪
A masterclass
in the art of hunting.
♪
The kill quells
their pangs of hunger.
♪
But one little pig
won'’t feed a hungry pride...
♪
especially if it'’s stolen.
♪
♪
Hyena.
[yipping]
♪
[growling]
♪
Thata used to face
these thieves alone.
♪
[snarling]
♪
But not this time.
♪
♪
[growling]
[yipping]
♪
Whatever the boys lack
in hunting skills...
[yipping]
...they make up for
in raw power.
♪
[growling]
♪
♪
The teens show their loyalty
to Thata and the pride.
♪
Now, boys, prove you can hunt.
♪
♪
♪
[squeaking]
Wame leads her pack north,
away from the hyena
and the endless drought
and into the water-filled
flood plains.
♪
♪
Here, the pack
bathes in success.
♪
♪
♪
♪
Wame knows her pups are hungry.
♪
And this is
unfamiliar territory.
♪
Time to test the waters.
♪
[snorting]
♪
Wame leads the charge.
♪
[antelopes snorting]
♪
[yipping]
♪
[barking]
♪
The water, it'’s too deep.
♪
Marshes are exactly where
these swamp antelope
evolved to survive.
♪
♪
Poor Wame, out of your depth,
and now you have company.
♪
[barks]
♪
Lions punish trespassers.
♪
[growling]
♪
Wame has led her pack
straight into lion country.
♪
[barking]
♪
The party is over.
♪
♪
Better by far
to face the drought
than live in a den of lions.
♪
♪
But Tsebe has no interest
in chasing pesky dogs.
♪
She only wants to be
with her sister...
and their five cubs.
[cubs growling]
After escaping
the three brothers,
they, too, are refugees.
[cubs mewing]
♪
[growling]
♪
[growling]
♪
♪
Tsebe can'’t afford
to relax for long.
[cubs growling]
♪
She has land to conquer.
♪
[cub mewing]
And her sister to help her.
♪
The huntresses are new
to this flooded fortress.
[elephant grumbling]
[trumpeting]
♪
But together, they lay claim
to Mombo'’s jewel in the crown.
[grumbling]
♪
♪
It'’s hard to be silent
in a world of water.
♪
But Tsebe and her sister
are in perfect sync.
♪
♪
Watch those tusks, Tsebe.
♪
[warthog squealing]
[squealing]
♪
♪
Even the greatest empires
begin with a single step.
♪
[growling]
♪
[mewing]
♪
[growling]
♪
The cubs can'’t wait
to fill their bellies,
and this meal is special.
♪
♪
It'’s their
first taste of meat.
♪
And it couldn'’t be
more delicious.
♪
♪
For Tsebe, it'’s proof
that joining her sister
was the right thing to do.
♪
And nothing can stop them
from ruling this land.
♪
♪
[chattering]
♪
In the infernal heat
of the south,
Thata also makes a kill.
♪
But she has much bigger mouths
to feed and many more of them.
♪
[growling]
♪
The teenagers now share,
but there'’s still not
enough to go round.
♪
[squawking]
[growling]
Thata spurs the boys
into action.
♪
♪
Can they turn what they
learned into lunch?
♪
♪
As Thata leads, the boys
take their positions.
♪
♪
[warthog squealing]
It'’s crucial they stay hidden.
And do exactly as Thata taught.
♪
♪
♪
Timing is everything.
♪
[warthogs squealing]
[squealing]
They'’re too hasty.
[grunting]
The boys must curb
their enthusiasm.
♪
But they are starting
to show promise.
♪
Thata'’s heart soars...
her pride pulling together
at last.
♪
[elephant roars]
[trumpets]
♪
[barking]
♪
Phefo is in luck.
A vervet monkey.
♪
In the drought-ridden south,
it'’s not half bad.
♪
Once again, the search for
prey takes her far from home.
♪
And she longs to get
back to her cubs.
♪
Having stashed her kill,
Phefo is anxious
to check they are well.
[grunting]
♪
[grunt]
♪
The cubs are slow to appear.
♪
[cub growls]
♪
But better safe than sorry.
♪
♪
Phefo can breathe easy.
♪
[purring]
♪
Her cubs can'’t live on love
alone; they need food.
♪
♪
The feisty little girl
is first to eat...
[hissing]
and boldly refuses to share
with her mother.
[hissing]
♪
♪
Once she'’s had her fill,
it'’s her brother'’s turn.
♪
♪
Phefo settles for the scraps.
♪
♪
And even these, she lets
her son steal back.
♪
♪
Phefo is willing
to sacrifice anything
for the good
of her precious cubs.
♪
But will the rains come
and bring her a proper meal
before she gets
too weak to hunt?
♪
[elephants trumpeting]
[splashing]
In the flooded north,
Tsebe and her sister
stake their claim.
♪
[squealing]
[growling]
[squealing]
♪
♪
The perfect team.
♪
[growling]
The abundance of food means
their cubs are growing fast.
[cooing]
For Tsebe, forced to give up
her family once before,
it'’s a second chance
at happiness.
♪
♪
[growling]
Suddenly that chance
looks fragile.
♪
Tsebe'’s heart pounds.
♪
Terrified.
He could kill her cubs
or force her to give up
her family once more.
[growls]
♪
Over my dead body.
♪
A lone male,
capable of anything.
But as he draws near,
Tsebe recognizes him.
♪
It'’s the father of her cubs.
♪
Tsebe remains wary.
♪
He'’s hardly been the model
of reliability.
♪
♪
She leaves her sister
to babysit.
♪
And greets the weary traveler.
♪
Perhaps he'’s changed.
♪
♪
He seems calmer now.
♪
More mature.
♪
[low growling]
More regal.
♪
♪
♪
She'’ll let him stay,
but she doesn'’t have time
to flirt all day.
♪
She has an empire to build.
♪
[bird shrieks]
♪
[zebra braying]
♪
♪
[squeaking]
♪
Wame leads the pack away from
Tsebe'’s water-soaked land...
and back
to the infernal drought.
A land of famine
and scavengers.
♪
But at least a land
Wame understands.
♪
With her pups hungry and
the hyena nowhere to be seen,
she leads a hunt.
♪
Through the searing heat.
♪
The dogs run mile after mile.
♪
♪
Finally, they can run no more.
♪
♪
♪
But a true leader never sleeps.
♪
♪
♪
The time for rest is over.
♪
♪
[snorts]
♪
It'’s time now for dinner.
♪
♪
Back on firm ground, Wame'’s
dogs run freely once more.
♪
♪
♪
[bleating]
♪
♪
A feast at last.
♪
♪
[hyena whooping]
♪
It was only a matter of time
before their nemesis
turned up.
Hyena...
never knowingly
late to a party.
[yipping]
♪
Body snatchers...
and pup killers.
♪
Hyena, robbers from hell.
Wame and the pack fled north
to escape them.
[growling]
[snarling]
This time, Wame'’s
not going anywhere.
[growling]
The pack rallies behind her.
[growling]
[yipping]
[dogs squeaking]
♪
[squeaking]
♪
The dogs give
everything they have.
Even Wame'’s pups join the fray.
Big enough to hold
their own at last.
♪
♪
A credit to their
incredible mother.
[squeaking]
After everything,
Wame'’s leadership is
finally set in stone.
♪
Never to be challenged again.
♪
[squeaking]
♪
[thunder]
♪
Rain.
Finally, here to quench
the land'’s bitter thirst.
♪
[grumbling]
♪
Bringing solace to all.
♪
♪
♪
[squeaking]
♪
♪
♪
♪
No one welcomes the change
of season more than Phefo.
♪
All she wants is
to feed her tiny cubs.
♪
Thankfully, her forest
now teems with prey
of the easiest kind.
♪
No time for mercy, Phefo.
You have your cubs to feed.
♪
♪
♪
♪
[antelope barks]
♪
[squawking]
♪
That proper meal at last.
Enough for all the family.
♪
You just have to get it
to them Phefo, that'’s all.
♪
[yipping]
♪
Phefo boldly goes where
no hyena can follow.
♪
♪
But what goes up
will eventually come down...
where hell'’s teeth are waiting.
♪
Phefo clings to her cubs'’ meal.
♪
♪
She knows hyena
have little patience.
♪
Just hold out, Phefo.
[yipping]
♪
Free at last.
♪
♪
[mew]
♪
This time, there'’s more
than enough to go round.
♪
So even you, Phefo,
get a share of the feast.
♪
[mew]
♪
Having brought her family
through the toughest
of droughts
and the most dangerous period
of their lives,
Phefo can now enjoy
a time of plenty
with her two precious cubs.
♪
♪
♪
♪
♪
Thata is ready.
Lured by the promise of water,
the heavyweights arrive.
[groaning]
♪
Enormous beasts
with enormous thirst
and enormous horns.
♪
Thata can'’t take them on alone.
She won'’t have to.
♪
The teens are primed and ready.
♪
♪
Time to see
what the boys can do.
♪
[bellowing]
♪
♪
♪
Under Thata'’s guidance,
the teens isolate
a pair of buffalo...
♪
female and calf.
Perfect.
♪
♪
♪
♪
The teacher creates
a distraction.
[bellowing]
♪
[bellowing]
While her students go in
for the mother of all prizes.
[growling]
♪
♪
A banquet for a hungry pride.
♪
The teens finally show
their true worth.
♪
♪
All thanks to Thata.
♪
She transformed a broken pride
into a mighty dynasty.
♪
A dynasty to match that
of the awe-inspiring Tsebe.
♪
Each now reigns
over their own promised land.
♪
Thata, queen of the south.
Tsebe, queen of the north.
♪
Together, they rule
the mighty Savage Kingdom.
[hissing]
[growling]
Phefo'’s cubs sharpen
their survival skills...
♪
...relishing freedom
while their mother hunts
away from home.
♪
But freedom has its risks.
[barking]
♪
Baboons.
Merciless killers.
[barking]
[barking]
The boy races for cover.
His sister takes
a different route.
[barking]
Not a good move.
[barking]
Baboons climb trees, too.
♪
[screeching]
You'’re on your own.
♪
Phefo is well beyond earshot.
[grunting]
[grunting]
Forced by the drought
to travel further and further
in search of food for her cubs.
♪
[bird screeching]
♪
Another hunter has eaten well.
♪
♪
[bird screeching]
♪
It'’s only skin and bone.
Anxious not to be
away too long,
Phefo begins
the long journey home.
♪
She senses danger.
[cub screeching]
Her daughter.
[cub screeching]
[cub screeching]
♪
Trapped, the cub
can only climb higher.
♪
[barks]
[screeching]
♪
[growling]
Phefo'’s mind races.
Outnumbered, outmaneuvered,
out of luck.
[barking]
♪
♪
♪
[screeching]
[baboons barking]
♪
♪
[baboon barking]
The baboons are finally
done with the cub.
♪
♪
Is she injured?
Is she even alive?
♪
[grunt]
The Savage Kingdom
deserves its name.
[grunt]
But today is an exception.
♪
♪
Scared, but unscathed.
♪
Nothing a mother'’s love
cannot soothe.
♪
But there'’s still
no sign of her son.
♪
[growl]
♪
[growl]
♪
Silence.
♪
[cub growling]
♪
It'’s him.
♪
♪
[hissing]
♪
Until the rains come
and bring prey closer,
your cubs will never
be safe Phefo.
♪
[low growl]
♪
[elephant grumbles]
♪
♪
Time heals all wounds.
♪
As the land turns to dust,
Thata and her sister
teach the teenagers to hunt...
with a special respect
for what a warthog can do.
♪
Rebels no more, the boys
study the sister'’s every move.
♪
♪
♪
♪
Stealth.
♪
♪
Patience.
♪
♪
The attack.
[warthog squealing]
[squealing]
[squealing]
♪
A masterclass
in the art of hunting.
♪
The kill quells
their pangs of hunger.
♪
But one little pig
won'’t feed a hungry pride...
♪
especially if it'’s stolen.
♪
♪
Hyena.
[yipping]
♪
[growling]
♪
Thata used to face
these thieves alone.
♪
[snarling]
♪
But not this time.
♪
♪
[growling]
[yipping]
♪
Whatever the boys lack
in hunting skills...
[yipping]
...they make up for
in raw power.
♪
[growling]
♪
♪
The teens show their loyalty
to Thata and the pride.
♪
Now, boys, prove you can hunt.
♪
♪
♪
[squeaking]
Wame leads her pack north,
away from the hyena
and the endless drought
and into the water-filled
flood plains.
♪
♪
Here, the pack
bathes in success.
♪
♪
♪
♪
Wame knows her pups are hungry.
♪
And this is
unfamiliar territory.
♪
Time to test the waters.
♪
[snorting]
♪
Wame leads the charge.
♪
[antelopes snorting]
♪
[yipping]
♪
[barking]
♪
The water, it'’s too deep.
♪
Marshes are exactly where
these swamp antelope
evolved to survive.
♪
♪
Poor Wame, out of your depth,
and now you have company.
♪
[barks]
♪
Lions punish trespassers.
♪
[growling]
♪
Wame has led her pack
straight into lion country.
♪
[barking]
♪
The party is over.
♪
♪
Better by far
to face the drought
than live in a den of lions.
♪
♪
But Tsebe has no interest
in chasing pesky dogs.
♪
She only wants to be
with her sister...
and their five cubs.
[cubs growling]
After escaping
the three brothers,
they, too, are refugees.
[cubs mewing]
♪
[growling]
♪
[growling]
♪
♪
Tsebe can'’t afford
to relax for long.
[cubs growling]
♪
She has land to conquer.
♪
[cub mewing]
And her sister to help her.
♪
The huntresses are new
to this flooded fortress.
[elephant grumbling]
[trumpeting]
♪
But together, they lay claim
to Mombo'’s jewel in the crown.
[grumbling]
♪
♪
It'’s hard to be silent
in a world of water.
♪
But Tsebe and her sister
are in perfect sync.
♪
♪
Watch those tusks, Tsebe.
♪
[warthog squealing]
[squealing]
♪
♪
Even the greatest empires
begin with a single step.
♪
[growling]
♪
[mewing]
♪
[growling]
♪
The cubs can'’t wait
to fill their bellies,
and this meal is special.
♪
♪
It'’s their
first taste of meat.
♪
And it couldn'’t be
more delicious.
♪
♪
For Tsebe, it'’s proof
that joining her sister
was the right thing to do.
♪
And nothing can stop them
from ruling this land.
♪
♪
[chattering]
♪
In the infernal heat
of the south,
Thata also makes a kill.
♪
But she has much bigger mouths
to feed and many more of them.
♪
[growling]
♪
The teenagers now share,
but there'’s still not
enough to go round.
♪
[squawking]
[growling]
Thata spurs the boys
into action.
♪
♪
Can they turn what they
learned into lunch?
♪
♪
As Thata leads, the boys
take their positions.
♪
♪
[warthog squealing]
It'’s crucial they stay hidden.
And do exactly as Thata taught.
♪
♪
♪
Timing is everything.
♪
[warthogs squealing]
[squealing]
They'’re too hasty.
[grunting]
The boys must curb
their enthusiasm.
♪
But they are starting
to show promise.
♪
Thata'’s heart soars...
her pride pulling together
at last.
♪
[elephant roars]
[trumpets]
♪
[barking]
♪
Phefo is in luck.
A vervet monkey.
♪
In the drought-ridden south,
it'’s not half bad.
♪
Once again, the search for
prey takes her far from home.
♪
And she longs to get
back to her cubs.
♪
Having stashed her kill,
Phefo is anxious
to check they are well.
[grunting]
♪
[grunt]
♪
The cubs are slow to appear.
♪
[cub growls]
♪
But better safe than sorry.
♪
♪
Phefo can breathe easy.
♪
[purring]
♪
Her cubs can'’t live on love
alone; they need food.
♪
♪
The feisty little girl
is first to eat...
[hissing]
and boldly refuses to share
with her mother.
[hissing]
♪
♪
Once she'’s had her fill,
it'’s her brother'’s turn.
♪
♪
Phefo settles for the scraps.
♪
♪
And even these, she lets
her son steal back.
♪
♪
Phefo is willing
to sacrifice anything
for the good
of her precious cubs.
♪
But will the rains come
and bring her a proper meal
before she gets
too weak to hunt?
♪
[elephants trumpeting]
[splashing]
In the flooded north,
Tsebe and her sister
stake their claim.
♪
[squealing]
[growling]
[squealing]
♪
♪
The perfect team.
♪
[growling]
The abundance of food means
their cubs are growing fast.
[cooing]
For Tsebe, forced to give up
her family once before,
it'’s a second chance
at happiness.
♪
♪
[growling]
Suddenly that chance
looks fragile.
♪
Tsebe'’s heart pounds.
♪
Terrified.
He could kill her cubs
or force her to give up
her family once more.
[growls]
♪
Over my dead body.
♪
A lone male,
capable of anything.
But as he draws near,
Tsebe recognizes him.
♪
It'’s the father of her cubs.
♪
Tsebe remains wary.
♪
He'’s hardly been the model
of reliability.
♪
♪
She leaves her sister
to babysit.
♪
And greets the weary traveler.
♪
Perhaps he'’s changed.
♪
♪
He seems calmer now.
♪
More mature.
♪
[low growling]
More regal.
♪
♪
♪
She'’ll let him stay,
but she doesn'’t have time
to flirt all day.
♪
She has an empire to build.
♪
[bird shrieks]
♪
[zebra braying]
♪
♪
[squeaking]
♪
Wame leads the pack away from
Tsebe'’s water-soaked land...
and back
to the infernal drought.
A land of famine
and scavengers.
♪
But at least a land
Wame understands.
♪
With her pups hungry and
the hyena nowhere to be seen,
she leads a hunt.
♪
Through the searing heat.
♪
The dogs run mile after mile.
♪
♪
Finally, they can run no more.
♪
♪
♪
But a true leader never sleeps.
♪
♪
♪
The time for rest is over.
♪
♪
[snorts]
♪
It'’s time now for dinner.
♪
♪
Back on firm ground, Wame'’s
dogs run freely once more.
♪
♪
♪
[bleating]
♪
♪
A feast at last.
♪
♪
[hyena whooping]
♪
It was only a matter of time
before their nemesis
turned up.
Hyena...
never knowingly
late to a party.
[yipping]
♪
Body snatchers...
and pup killers.
♪
Hyena, robbers from hell.
Wame and the pack fled north
to escape them.
[growling]
[snarling]
This time, Wame'’s
not going anywhere.
[growling]
The pack rallies behind her.
[growling]
[yipping]
[dogs squeaking]
♪
[squeaking]
♪
The dogs give
everything they have.
Even Wame'’s pups join the fray.
Big enough to hold
their own at last.
♪
♪
A credit to their
incredible mother.
[squeaking]
After everything,
Wame'’s leadership is
finally set in stone.
♪
Never to be challenged again.
♪
[squeaking]
♪
[thunder]
♪
Rain.
Finally, here to quench
the land'’s bitter thirst.
♪
[grumbling]
♪
Bringing solace to all.
♪
♪
♪
[squeaking]
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♪
♪
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No one welcomes the change
of season more than Phefo.
♪
All she wants is
to feed her tiny cubs.
♪
Thankfully, her forest
now teems with prey
of the easiest kind.
♪
No time for mercy, Phefo.
You have your cubs to feed.
♪
♪
♪
♪
[antelope barks]
♪
[squawking]
♪
That proper meal at last.
Enough for all the family.
♪
You just have to get it
to them Phefo, that'’s all.
♪
[yipping]
♪
Phefo boldly goes where
no hyena can follow.
♪
♪
But what goes up
will eventually come down...
where hell'’s teeth are waiting.
♪
Phefo clings to her cubs'’ meal.
♪
♪
She knows hyena
have little patience.
♪
Just hold out, Phefo.
[yipping]
♪
Free at last.
♪
♪
[mew]
♪
This time, there'’s more
than enough to go round.
♪
So even you, Phefo,
get a share of the feast.
♪
[mew]
♪
Having brought her family
through the toughest
of droughts
and the most dangerous period
of their lives,
Phefo can now enjoy
a time of plenty
with her two precious cubs.
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♪
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♪
♪
Thata is ready.
Lured by the promise of water,
the heavyweights arrive.
[groaning]
♪
Enormous beasts
with enormous thirst
and enormous horns.
♪
Thata can'’t take them on alone.
She won'’t have to.
♪
The teens are primed and ready.
♪
♪
Time to see
what the boys can do.
♪
[bellowing]
♪
♪
♪
Under Thata'’s guidance,
the teens isolate
a pair of buffalo...
♪
female and calf.
Perfect.
♪
♪
♪
♪
The teacher creates
a distraction.
[bellowing]
♪
[bellowing]
While her students go in
for the mother of all prizes.
[growling]
♪
♪
A banquet for a hungry pride.
♪
The teens finally show
their true worth.
♪
♪
All thanks to Thata.
♪
She transformed a broken pride
into a mighty dynasty.
♪
A dynasty to match that
of the awe-inspiring Tsebe.
♪
Each now reigns
over their own promised land.
♪
Thata, queen of the south.
Tsebe, queen of the north.
♪
Together, they rule
the mighty Savage Kingdom.